I suspect that Bear would make a GREAT Pagan. 🙂
Author: amieravenson
Ostara feast menu
I was going to have better pics, but I used too much Veganaise on the potato salad, and Bear got creative with purple food coloring on the eggless frittata. We’re still working on tweaking recipes for a book I’m working on called The Vegan Pagan. 🙂 Ostara Feast: * Baby spinach salad with strawberries, mushrooms,…
Spirit Branch pt 2
So we dug through my ribbons, yarns, and beads, created something that was meaningful to each of us, and said a few words as we tied our first offerings on. Then I lit a candle and some kyphi to enhance the atmosphere for some meditating I want to do later. The spirit branch is sparse,…
While doing research…
Myrrh, by The Church. I promise I wasn’t goofing off on YouTube. Much.
My patron deities- Yemaya (water)
I’ve been thinking a lot about writing about my patron deities. I have a few, you see. 5 to be exact. Actually, 6, but one is a special case, and I’ll talk about him last. They’ve all revealed themselves to me at different times, and I intend to talk about them in that order. My…
Energy Redirection
I’ve been going through a bit of a crisis lately. The fibro has pretty much changed the way I look at everything. It made me reexamine how I spend my energy, who I give it to, and what actually feeds me energy back. I’ve spent the last 2 years getting more weak, feeling less ME….
Exploring
Bear is doing a performance with the Atlanta Radio Theater Company tonight, and while they were rehearsing, I walked around and explored the area. …. I also saw 4 crows together again, and several hawks. 🙂
Glogg recipe
This is something I’ve made for years and years. Be careful drinking it! It will hit you like a sledgehammer. A delicious, Swedish, Yuletide sledgehammer. Glogg Heat one bottle dry red wine with one sliced orange, 3/4 cups raisins, 1/2 cup blanched almonds, 6 cardamom pods, 5 cloves, and a cinnamon stick. (spices should be…
Writing Rituals and NaNoWriMo update
NaNoWriMo is going pretty well so far. As of right now, I’m about 3500 words behind on my goal word count for today, but that can be easily made up. Also, I’m going to use this blog post as part of my word count. That may not be strictly legal, but I’m writing and being…
Ways to be nicer to myself
Lately I’ve been feeling some pain. I’m not sure exactly what it is, and I don’t have insurance so finding out will be tough. I need to get to one of the community clinics here near home, but there are so many hoops to jump through, that the idea just stresses me out. And I…
Yule Lads, Julbock, and Liquer recipes
So, a few weeks ago, I decided that we were going to have a damn good Yule, dammit. And so far, it’s been pretty good. I decided to make gifts, which has consisted of making liquers and baking goodies. I also made my mom and sister some scrying incense and scrying candles. THE LIQUERS I…
Yule and mistletoe
So, yeah. We’re making a go of this incense thing. I’ve been making incense for the sabbats anyways, and one of my favorite parts is gathering the ingredients. For Samhain, we gathered fresh cypress needles from a cemetery. They were LOVELY. They really made the incense pop. For Yule, we began scanning the landscape for…
Samhain, Rememberance, Yule presents, and NaNoWriMo
Sorry I’ve been quiet. The death of my ex hit me pretty hard, and I haven’t done a lot of anything, including NaNoWriMo. I’m at roughly 1900 words, and it’s day 7. I need to decide to either catch up or give up. I’m not going to be hard on myself either way, I’m just…
Gathering ingredients for Samhain incense
My husband is lovely. Simply lovely. He truly is the best thing in my life. And when I asked him yesterday if he would like to go to the cemetery with me to gather some ingredients for incense, he didn’t hesitate. He was even a bit excited for another one of my cemetery adventures. He…
Cardinal- bird omens
Yesterday, I was getting dressed, getting ready to start my day. And as I was doing so, there was a beautiful, bright red cardinal right outside the window next to my pillow. I usually take bird sightings seriously, especially when they’re so blatant. He (only the males are that bright) stayed for a few minutes,…
Writing totems, rituals, and spaces
I’m thinking about writing some emails to some of the authors that I enjoy and/or admire. (Sometimes I admire an author that I don’t enjoy, and vice versa.) I’d love to find out if there are any little rituals or totems that they start out their writing sessions with. To give you an idea of…